How to keep a pond clean with a filter system

 

These 3 photos are what is going on with having a  CLEAN HEALTHY pond 
the 1st photo is the 8ft X 3 ft pond that I will be using to put fish in, BUT 
not just any fish, a certain type of fish as a community fish pond.

The 2nd photo is the type of BOG FILTER system I'm going to be using 
BUT with "2" waterfall over flows like you see but with 2 instead of 1.

The 3rd photo you see is what the enclosed fish shelter will look like 

but with everything closed up with 3 windows & a steel door & the 

shelter will be set up just as you see this shelter is, next to my kitchen.

Why am I setting up this kind of fish shelter ? plenty of reasons 

1. So no birds, cats, dogs, bugs, snakes, coons can get in 

2. So it will stay warm during the winter seasons & cool in the 

warm seasons, being closed in with 3 windows will do a lot.

The windows will radiate heat in the winter & in the warm season 

help keep the humidity down with 2 fans going at all times &

keep the pond cool, by keeping the windows open for ventilation.

The shelter will be fully insulted, with a metal bottom floor wall 

that no rats or mice or snakes can get in, & it will have a rain 

catch container in the shelter to use for a water change system.

The floor will be clay-dirt with a good layer of gravel on top 

for drainage in case of a over flow happens which will be very 

unlikely, but just as a precaution, & it will have plenty of plugins.

So what breed of fish am I putting in this pond you ask ? well 

I'm thinking small, like white cloud minnows for 1 & & something 

that I can put in there that will go with them like, Zebra Danio's
mollies, & plenty of Cory catfish, Bottom feeder fish.

The pond will have plenty of stem plant's & so will the bog filter 

it will also have a good air system going at all times as well to 

keep plenty of aeration in the pond, as well as floating plant's.

White Cloud Mountain Minnow 101 < 👀 read 

Molly Fish < 👀 read 

Zebra Danios Care Guide < 👀 read 

Even though each 1 of these links I have on here will not 

match either 1 of each other on tank mates, but that's not 

to say it won't or can't be done, it all depends on the fish 

rather they will or can coexist with each other over time.

You start out with 10 of each at the same time & watch 

them for about a month to see how they are getting along 

& if they're not fighting each other then there's a pretty 

good chance you will have started a community pond.

With a 8 ft size pond you will have a nice little community 

pond that you can & will enjoy watching after a long day 
just hanging out watching the fish swim & interact with

each other & build a nice clutch of fry along the way.

When you get too many fish in the pond then you can 

catch a net full & have a EXTRA pond setup to put them 

in & separate all of them into smaller tanks & sell them.

That's how you can make a little side $ off the fry you 

end up with every few mons & keep your pond from 

getting over loaded with extra fish you DON'T NEED.

How to Keep a Pond Clean < 👀 read 

This explains why you have to keep a pond clean &

what methods to make it as easy as it can be to do.

It's not as hard as it sounds if you do it right, it's very 

easy to do, I do mine by using the pond pumps, I have 

a extra pond pump that I put in the pond & make 

sure it's in a basket to keep the fish from getting 

sucked in cause that's what you DON'T WANT

I put a long hose on it & turn it on, while at the 

same time I've got another pump pumping in fresh 
water from a water changing container into the pond.

By doing it this way you don't stress the fish out 
& it takes less time to clean the pond & get all the 

muck from the bottom out of the pond at the same 

time, takes like a hr or 2 to get the pond clean. 💥

I do my pond every 3-6 mons depending on how 

many fish are in the pond & how dirty it looks & how 

the fish are looking & doing, keep a calendar up so 

that way you can keep a good schedule on a it. 📅

Well that's all I have for now till next time, keep up 

with my blogs & you will learn a thing or 2 from me

 

I don't just talk about fish stuff, there's other stuff I 

write about on other pages. if your interested I can 

add my other blog pages on here for you to read.